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World No.1 Ding wins women's singles title at TT worlds

Xinhua, May 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

World number one Ding Ning defeated her compatriot and world number two Liu Shiwen for women's singles title at the world table tennis championships here on Saturday.

It was Ding's second world championships title after she triumphed in 2011 world championships held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Ding's title is also China's 11th straight women's singles title at the world championships. Chinese women have monopolized the event since 1995, with Deng Yaping winning twice straight, Wang Nan three times in a row, Zhang Yining and Ding twice, Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxia once. Endi